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rounds

/ˈɹaʊndz/

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A circular or spherical object or part of an object.

Examples :

"The waiter brought a tray of orange rounds as a snack. "

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A circular or repetitious route.

Examples :

"The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon."

area way action

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A general outburst from a group of people at an event.

Examples :

"The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two."

event group sound entertainment culture

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A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.

Examples :

"The children sang simple rounds like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" during music class. "

music entertainment group culture

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A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

Examples :

"They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes."

food drink group

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A single individual portion or dose of medicine.

Examples :

"The doctor prescribed two rounds of antibiotics a day to fight the infection. "

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One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).

Examples :

""For the picnic, Mom packed a box of finger sandwiches with ham and cheese, cut into four rounds each." "

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A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

Examples :

"She carefully selected a few rounds from her brush collection, choosing the sizes she needed to paint the delicate details on the flower. "

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A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.

Examples :

"The police officer collected the spent rounds from the shooting range after target practice. "

weapon military

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One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.

Examples :

"The boxing match was very close, and the winner wasn't decided until the final rounds. "

sport time event

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A stage, level, set of events in a game

Examples :

""The spelling bee has three rounds, and the difficulty increases with each round." "

game stage event

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(drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.

Examples :

"The woodworker carefully added rounds to the edges of the table to prevent anyone from getting splinters. "

technical building

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A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

Examples :

"All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices."

material architecture building part appearance

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(butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.

Examples :

"The butcher carefully separated the rounds from the rest of the cow before cutting them into steaks. "

food animal anatomy

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A rung, as of a ladder.

Examples :

"The child carefully climbed the ladder, placing each foot securely on the rounds. "

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A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.

Examples :

"The antique wooden chair was sturdy, thanks to the rounds connecting its legs. "

part structure building

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A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.

Examples :

"the round of the seasons a round of pleasures"

period event time process system

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A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.

Examples :

"During the game, each student got a chance to answer a question in rounds, so everyone had a turn. "

action group organization

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A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.

Examples :

"The nurse does her rounds every two hours, checking on each patient in the ward and administering medication. "

job action process system organization work

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A circular dance.

Examples :

"During the school festival, the children joyfully danced in rounds to the folk music. "

dance music entertainment culture

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Rotation, as in office; succession.

Examples :

"The teaching position is offered in two-year rounds, so a new person is hired every two years. "

politics government organization job

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A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.

Examples :

"The soldiers fired several rounds at the approaching enemy, then quickly reloaded their weapons. "

military weapon war

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An assembly; a group; a circle.

Examples :

"a round of politicians"

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A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

Examples :

"After primary fermentation in the larger tanks, the beer was transferred to the rounds to finish conditioning, and the excess yeast bubbled out through the bunghole. "

drink utensil industry technical food

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A vessel filled, as for drinking.

Examples :

"The waiter brought the table rounds of water, filling everyone's glasses. "

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Examples :

"The old window had rounds at the top, giving the room a soft, curved light. "

architecture part thing

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A round of beef.

Examples :

"My grandma makes the best pot roast using a flavorful round of beef. "

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To shape something into a curve.

Examples :

"The carpenter rounded the edges of the table."

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To become shaped into a curve.

Examples :

"As the potter spins the clay, he carefully rounds it into a smooth bowl. "

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(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.

Examples :

"She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class."

achievement process business

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To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.

Examples :

"Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred."

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To turn past a boundary.

Examples :

"Helen watched him until he rounded the corner."

direction action

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To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).

Examples :

"As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm."

action military war

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To advance to home plate.

Examples :

"And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones."

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To go round, pass, go past.

Examples :

"The delivery truck rounds the corner every morning at 8 AM. "

action way direction place

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To encircle; to encompass.

Examples :

"The security guard rounds the building every hour to make sure all the doors are locked. "

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To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

Examples :

"As the project nears its deadline, the team's hard work rounds into a successful completion. "

physiology biology condition

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To do ward rounds.

Examples :

"The doctor rounds on her patients every morning to check on their progress. "

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To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

Examples :

"The security guard rounds the building every hour to make sure everything is safe. "

police job action

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To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Examples :

"The security guard rounds the building every hour to make sure everything is safe. "

action direction

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To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.

Examples :

"The students, nervous before the exam, rounded together in the hallway to discuss their answers. "

communication language action

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To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Examples :

"During the test, the student worried about failing, quietly rounds to her friend, "What was the answer to question five?" "

communication language

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A whisper; whispering.

Examples :

"The tense silence was broken only by soft rounds of secrets being shared between the students before the exam began. "

sound communication language

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Discourse; song.

Examples :

"The children sang several rounds of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" during music class. "

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The practice of medical doctors visiting patients in a hospital or in their homes according to a predetermined order.

Examples :

"The doctor made his rounds early each morning, checking on all the patients in the hospital. "

medicine job service

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A route taken by someone in authority.

Examples :

"the hourly rounds of the night watchman."

police government military

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(campanology) A descending diatonic scale played on a ring of bells.

Examples :

"The bell ringer played a beautiful set of rounds on the church bells. "

music bell-ringing